Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ujjwal Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2025. An application was registered on the basis of a news item titled "1 Kodo poisoning behind elephant deaths in MPs Bandhavgarh All you need to know" …
The 22nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB-22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 19-27 May 2005, in Germany. SB-22 was the final preparatory session prior to the first Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol …
global talks for finding a successor to the Kyoto Protocol (kp), the international treaty to fight climate change, made little progress at a un conference held in Bonn on May 16-17, 2005. The seminar was the first step towards planning the course of action after the end of kp's 2012 …
ritu gupta india's first Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) project under Kyoto Protocol (kp) , the global pact to fight climate change, has been approved. Refrigerant-gas manufacturer Gujarat Fluoro-Chemicals (gfl), based in Vadodara, Gujarat, has become the first Indian company and the third in the world to have an emission-reduction cdm …
All politicians and scientists (except George Bush and his group of climate-skeptic scientists) accept climate change is now inevitable and that it will adversely, perhaps devastatingly, impact societies and economies. Just how much damage, they do not know. Just how this devastation will occur, they are beginning to find out. …
Only a few days before the Kyoto Protocol became law, the UK, which is projecting itself as a leader on climate change, ran into an embarrassing confrontation with the EC over its revised emissions allocation plan. The revised plan would allow the UK to increase its emissions by 19.8 tonnes …
on february 16, the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming became law, binding industrialised nations to reduce by 2012 their greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions to 5.2 per cent below the 1990 levels. A flexible trading mechanism for emissions provided for in the treaty also opens up opportunities for developing countries …
The reality of global warming was reaffirmed in two major incidents in West Asia recently. While Saudi Arabia (sa) decided to sign the Kyoto Protocol, the global treaty to fight climate change, the United Arab Emirates (uae) witnessed drastic weather changes: first ever snowfall, heavy rains and unusual chill. sa …
this was one New Year the European businesses did not celebrate. From January 1, 2005, the energy-intensive industries in the eu, for the first time, have been compelled to cut their carbon dioxide (co2) emissions or face penalties under the eu Emissions Trading Scheme (ets). The scheme aims to enable …
with Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is back on track. But, what collective action can be expected in the future to combat climate change? At the Tenth Conference of Parties (cop-10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) …
India's economic growth is mainly based on energy from fossil fuels like coal and therefore has considerable potential in reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well in CDM participation. CDM projects starting after January 1, 2000, are eligible to earn certified emission reductions (CERs). However the modalities and procedures …
This balanced analysis presents news from the 'climate-protection front'. On the down-side, neither the current 'Kyoto-Protocol' Climate Protection System with (legally binding) commitments by major countries to reduce or limit their greenhouse gas emissions nor various proposals for improving the commitment system are capable of meeting the ultimate objective 'to …
Japan's environment ministry has proposed a new carbon tax to cut carbon dioxide emission and enable the country meet the requirements of Kyoto Protocol, a global treaty to fight climate change. Who will pay how much of the "environment tax' would vary with the kind of fuel. Processors and importers …
The much-awaited Kyoto Protocol will enter into force on February 16, 2005, becoming legally enforceable on all parties that have ratified the treaty. The treaty aims to curtail the emission of greenhouse gases (ghg) into the atmosphere, which is believed to cause global warming. The enforcement of the treaty was …
russian president Vladimir Putin signed the resolution pertaining to Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on November 4, 2004. Earlier, both houses of the Russian parliament voted in favour of the treaty with little debate. Russia's ratification will now enable the enforcement of the treaty, which aims to curtail greenhouse …
This month, even as the Russian cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol and sent it on to parliament for ratification, the price of oil crossed US $50 per barrel - a 60 per cent increase in the price of this all-crucial commodity, in this year itself. I would have thought that, …
the Kyoto Protocol on global warming is just a step away from becoming an international law. On September 30, 2004, a major hurdle was crossed when the Russian cabinet approved the treaty and sent it to the lower house of parliament, the Duma, for approval. The Duma would take up …
THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol (it seeks to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere). That should soon propel the languishing pact into force, making it international law, once he has sought the Russian Duma's approval (see Almost there). But the pact would …
Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Zhukov has asked president Vladimir Putin to extend till December 15 the deadline for an official report on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. This has come as a setback to enthusiasts of the protocol. Putin was to receive the report in August. But in …
delegates from across the world recently discussed the nitty-gritty of afforestation and reforestation projects that might be executed under the Kyoto Protocol
russia finally seems inclined to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to tackle climate change. But as a quid pro quo, the country has struck a deal with the eu that will bring it closer to World Trade Organization (wto) membership. For the protocol to become a legally binding …
